7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.


In Context

4 For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

8 Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.